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    ASME BPVC.II values for ASTM A350 LF3 at low temperature -78 deg F/-61 deg C

    Well I don't know XL83NL, I'm not a structural engineer, I'm a metallurgist not working with these things at all. These structural engineers are located in a different office in a different country and I suspect that their training is not very good, and they are not my responisbility. I only...
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    ASME BPVC.II values for ASTM A350 LF3 at low temperature -78 deg F/-61 deg C

    Thank you for the input SnTMan, I will relay the information to the structural engineers. Just want to clarify that I know that ASME II is not a design Code (and english not my native language so I probably didn't express myself correctly), but the structural engineers are using the values and...
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    ASME BPVC.II values for ASTM A350 LF3 at low temperature -78 deg F/-61 deg C

    We have a product (hydraulic access fitting and cover) that we as a standard deliver in ASTM A350 LF2, all caluculations are based on ASME BPVC, sec II. Now we have a case where the customer have specified the the lowest design temperature to be -78oF/-61oC, as the material engineer I have...
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    NACE TM0177 Method A or C?

    Hi, What criteria should I use to choose between NACE TM0177 Method A and C? The background for my question is the following: We are currently using 660 D bolts (Alloy A286/UNS S66286) on one of our subsea products, it is coated. NACE MR0175 have very conservative temperature value for the...
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    Ferromagnetic or not?

    Hi, I had a list of materials sent to me today with the question are the materials ferromagnetic or not? - ASTM A193 B7M, - 18-8 st steel, - BS 1449 HR4, - ASTM A216 WCB, What I have found out so far is that 18-8 stainless (ally 304) is austenitic and not ferromagnetic. ASTM A193 B/M is...

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